Theognis Noble Poems

  • 1.
    Among rams and asses and horses, Kyrnos, we look for those
    Of noble breeding, and a man wants them to mate
    From worthy stock. Yet a noble man does not mind marrying
    A base woman of base birth if she brings him money in abundance,
    ...
  • 2.
    Of all things it is poverty that most subdues a noble man,
    More even than hoary old age, Kyrnos, or fever;
    Indeed, to avoid it one should even throw oneself into the sea's
    Deep gulfs, Kyrnos, or off sheer cliffs.
    ...
  • 3.
    If I had money, Simonides, I would not feel such pain
    As I do now, when in the company of the noble.
    As it is, wealth recognizes me but passes by, and I am speechless
    Out of want, although it would seem that I know better than most
    ...
  • 4.
    Kyrnos, as I work my craft let a seal be set upon
    These words of mine, and they will never be stolen unremarked,
    Nor will anyone change the good that is there to something worse;
    And this is what everyone will say: 'These are the lines of Theognis,
    ...
Total 4 Noble Poems by Theognis

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